McFadden ran for 129 of Oakland's 226 yards Sunday as the Raiders won their home opener, 19-9 over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

"The good thing is, we got it going, but everybody here still knows that we can do better than that," guard Mike Brisiel said. "It's a good feeling to get the first one under our belts and get the running game moving. Now if we get the passing game going with it, we'll be set."

Quarterback Terrelle Pryor also had 50 yards on the ground, and fullback Marcel Reece opened the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown run. The Raiders improved to 11-2 when McFadden runs for 100 or more yards.

McFadden gained only 2.8 yards per carry during last week's loss in Indianapolis, but during the week Allen deflected away any concern about the Raiders top back and was rewarded Sunday.

"Coaches have a lot of faith in me," McFadden said. "They want to put the ball in my hands and let me run with it."

Four of McFadden's runs accounted for 108 yards, an example of the type of running game Allen expects.

"That's the way the running game operates," Allen said. "You're going to get a lot of 2-, 3-, 4-yard runs and then you'll be able to pop one. That's what we were able to do today. We had a couple of opportunities to get him on the safety, and we had some big gainers."

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McFadden's day wasn't perfect. After one of his long runs, he fumbled and Jacksonville recovered near midfield. That set up the Jaguars' lone touchdown to make it 19-9 with under three minutes to play.

"That's something that can't happen," Allen said. "He knows that."

Overall though, McFadden's performance was a welcome addition to the offense. Rather than last week's performance in which Pryor ran for 112 yards, the Raiders were able to rely on the more traditional running game.

Pryor's presence and the use of the read-option is a big reason for that.

"Knowing you have to defend him going around the end, a couple plays they left the middle wide open," McFadden said. "I was able to get in there and get some big runs out of it."

McFadden was close to taking it the distance a couple times. He second-guessed himself for making a cutback on his longest run, a 30-yarder on the first drive of the second half.

"The one when I was going toward the Black Hole, I should've taken it all the way but I tried to cut back one time," McFadden said. "It's part of the game. You make reads when you're on the field and then you think about it again and you should've done something different."